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RFC 1945 - 12. Security Considerations

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### 12. Security Considerations

This section is meant to inform application developers, information providers, and users of the security limitations in HTTP/1.0 as described by this document. The discussion does not include definitive solutions to the problems revealed, though it does make some suggestions for reducing security risks.

12.1 Authentication of Clients
12.2 Safe Methods
12.3 Abuse of Server Log Information
12.4 Transfer of Sensitive Information
12.5 Attacks Based On File and Path Names

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Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
RFC 1945 - 12. Security Considerations